Am 23.05.2013 18:27, schrieb Gary Willoughby:
> Why won't the following code compile? Here's the error:
>
> filewatcher.d(21): Error: cannot implicitly convert expression (new
> File(file, "r")) of type File* to shared(_iobuf)*
>
> /**
> * Imports.
> */
> import std.stdio;
>
> /**
> * A class to watch for changes in a file.
> */
> class Example
> {
> /**
> * Member variables.
> */
> private FILE* _file;
>
> /**
> * Constructor.
> */
> public this(string file)
> {
> this._file = new File(file, "r");
> }
> }
Because that's not the same: File != FILE
you probably want the .handle
